Cutaneous carcinosarcoma and the EMT: to transition, or not to transition? That is the question

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 466, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 359-360

  Paniz Mondolfi, Alberto ^a,b,g   Singh, Rajesh ^c   Jour, George ^d   Mahmoodi, Mandana ^e   Diwan, A Hafeez ^a   Barkoh, Bedia A ^c   Cason, Ronald ^c   Huttenbach, Yve ^a   Benaim, Gustavo ^f   Galbincea, John ^c   Luthra, Rajyalakshmi ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Fundacion Instituto de Estudios Avanzados IDEA   (Venezuela)

^g Hospital Internacional Barquisimeto   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CUTANEOUS CARCINOSARCOMA; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; LETTER; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN CARCINOMA; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; UPREGULATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; CARCINOSARCOMA; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MALE; MUTATION; SKIN TUMOR;

CARCINOSARCOMA; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84925517332     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-015-1718-7     Document Type: Letter

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